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November 8th,
2009
The
37th Bahamas Chess Nationals 2010
Round
3 Report
The
Bahamas Chess Nationals is taking place from 3rd to
21st November.
The Nationals is a ten player round robin tournament with
a time control of 40 moves in 75 minutes then 15 minutes to make
all remaining moves (40/75 then G15).
The first eight rounds
will take place at CC Sweeting Sr. High, Oakes Field and the
final round will take place at the Auditorium of CW Sawyer
Primary School.
This round saw a lot of fighting chess as some of the
tournament leaders clashed over the chess board.
Ken
Gibson, 1904 - Joseph Ferguson, 1693
Defending Champion Gibson and Ferguson played a French Defence:
Advance Variation which resulted in a closed game. Although
Ferguson played an early c4 and took a space advantage on the
queenside he created a weakness on e6 by playing 12. ...f5.
Gibson was able to establish an outpost on e5 but was not
able to utilize it to his advantage.
With a Queens, Rook, two Bishops and a Knight on both
sides the position looked equal until Gibson made a premature
capture resulting in the exchange of Queens and him trading his
knight for two pawns.
Ferguson defended correctly and the game ended in a R v B
ending. With three
open files, a backward pawn on b2 and weak white squares, Gibson
resigned.
Elton
Joseph, 1849 - Yan Lyansky
Joseph and Lyansky both entered the third round tied for first
place and undefeated with 2 points.
Joseph decided to play his reliable Nimzowitsch-Larsen
Opening. Yan was
able to gain space in the centre and apply great pressure on the
f2 pawn next to Joseph’s uncastled King.
Joseph’s King ran for cover on his Queenside but
eventually lost four pawns resulting from the constant pressure
that was applied by Lyansky.
Joseph’s position eventually crumbled after Lyansky won a
rook because of white’s weak back rank.
Leroy
McLean, 1564 - Kean Smith, 1850
McLean and Smith played an Accelerated Dragon.
McLean played 6.Nf3 losing a tempo and a novelty 7.Nbd2
which allowed Smith to strike in the centre with 11. …d5.
On move 14, Smith was able to exchange a Knight and a
Rook for McLean’s Queen.
After warding off a mating net on the back rank, Smith
was able to access McLean’s King side via the h1-a8 diagonal and
launched a successful attack.
Chappel Whyms, 1619 -
Umar Newry
Whyms played 6.Nxb5 sacrificing a knight early in a Queen’s
Gambit Accepted.
Newry defended inaccurately and quickly found himself defending
against a pesky knight and queen that wrecked havoc on his
queenside which was followed by good tactical play in the centre
where Whyms regained his sacrifice piece and a bonus of the
exchange and a pass pawn.
White had a clear advantage and won easily.
Wilshire Major - NM
Byron Small, 1819
Major played the English Opening against NM Small who is known
for his propensity for tactical and complicated positions.
Major was able to secure a solid position which worsened
rapidly after he traded Queens with NM Small.
White’s resulting position had three pawn islands on the
a, f and h files.
Small went on to win after winning material following a serious
of exchanges.
After three rounds of chess play, the standings are as follow:
Standing
1.
Yan Lyansky - 3
Kean Smith – 3
3.
Ken Gibson - 2
Elton Joseph - 2
Joseph
Ferguson – 2
Chappel Whyms - 2
7.
NM Byron Small – 1
Leroy McLean – 0
Wilshire Major – 0
Umar Newry – 0
The
Chess Nationals continue on Tuesday 10th and
Wednesday 11th November at 6:15 pm, C.C. Sweeting
Senior High School. Pairings for Round 4 and 5 are as
follows:
Round 4
Yan
Lyansky v Ken Gibson
Kean Smith v Elton Joseph
NM
Byron Small v Chappel Whyms
Joseph Ferguson v Wilshire Major
Umar Newry v Leroy McLean
Round 5
Chappel Whyms v Leroy McLean
Elton Joseph v Umar Newry
Ken
Gibson v Kean Smith
Wilshire Major v Yan Lyansky
NM
Byron Small v Joseph Ferguson
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